70750 Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 228 / Tuesday, November 27, 2012 / Notices 

3334, 1301 Constitution Ave., NW., 

Washington, DC. The telephone number 

for the Docket Center is 202–566–1744. 

For additional information about EPA’s 

public docket, visit http://www.epa.gov/ 

dockets. 

Abstract: The purpose for this ICR is 

to renew and revise the Mandatory 

Reporting of Greenhouse Gases Rule 

(GHG Reporting Rule) ICR to update and 

consolidate the burdens and costs 

imposed by all of the current ICRs under 

the GHG Reporting Rule. In response to 

the FY2008 Consolidated 

Appropriations Act (H.R. 2764; Pub. L. 

110–161) and under authority of the 

Clean Air Act, the EPA finalized the 

GHG Reporting Rule (74 FR 56260; 

October 30, 2009). The GHG Reporting 

Rule, which became effective on 

December 29, 2009, establishes 

reporting requirements for some direct 

GHG emitters as well as suppliers of 

certain products that will emit GHG 

when released, combusted, or oxidized, 

industrial gas suppliers, and 

manufacturers of heavy-duty and offroad vehicles and engines. It does not 

require control of greenhouse gases. 

Instead, it requires that sources emitting 

above certain threshold levels of carbon 

dioxide equivalent (CO2e) monitor and 

report emissions. 

Subsequent rules provide corrections 

and clarification on existing 

requirements; include requirements for 

additional facilities and suppliers; 

require reporters to provide information 

about parent companies, NAICS code(s), 

and whether emissions are from 

cogeneration; and finalize 

confidentiality determinations. 

Collectively, the GHG Reporting Rule 

and its associated rulemakings are 

referred to as the Greenhouse Gas 

Reporting Program (GHGRP). 

Data submitted under the GHGRP that 

is classified as CBI is protected under 

the provisions of 40 CFR part 2, subpart 

B. The EPA is determining through a 

series of rulemaking actions the data 

elements that will be eligible for 

treatment as CBI. However, according to 

CAA section 114(c), ‘‘emissions data’’ 

cannot be classified as CBI. The EPA has 

proposed that inputs to emissions 

equations meet the definition of 

‘‘emissions data’’ and cannot be 

afforded the protections of CBI. The 

EPA has deferred the reporting deadline 

for data elements that are used as inputs 

to emissions equations to provide the 

EPA time needed to fully evaluate and 

resolve issues regarding the reporting 

and potential release of these data (76 

FR 53057, August 25, 2011). 

Form Numbers: EPA Form 5900–211, 

EPA Form 5900–233. 

Respondents/affected entities: Entities 

potentially affected by this action are 

suppliers of certain products that will 

emit GHG when released, combusted, or 

oxidized, motor vehicle and engine 

manufacturers, including aircraft engine 

manufacturers; facilities in certain 

industrial categories that emit 

greenhouse gases; and facilities that 

emit 25,000 metric tons or more of 

carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2e) per 

year. 

Respondent’s obligation to respond: 

Mandatory. Authority contained in 

Sections 114 and 208 of the CAA. 

Estimated number of respondents: 

11,039. 

Frequency of response: Annual. 

Total estimated burden: 981,032 

hours (per year). Burden is defined at 5 

CFR 1320.03(b). 

Total estimated cost: $90,847,769 (per 

year), includes $28,192,763 annualized 

capital or operation & maintenance 

costs. 

Changes in the Estimates: This 

renewal consolidates all of the existing 

Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program 

ICRs. The increase in burden resulting 

from consolidating these ICRs will be 

negated when those ICRs are 

discontinued following the 

consolidation. In comparison to the net 

total estimated respondent burden 

currently approved by OMB for all of 

the existing Greenhouse Gas Reporting 

Program ICRs, there is a decrease of 

735,690 hours. This decrease is the 

result of an adjustment for one-time 

activities that occurred during the first 

year of data collection and an 

adjustment based on the actual number 

of reporters. 

John Moses, 

Director, Collection Strategies Division. 

[FR Doc. 2012–28653 Filed 11–26–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OECA–2012–0517; FRL–9524–8] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to OMB for 

Review and Approval; Comment 

Request; NSPS for Emission 

Guidelines and Compliance Times for 

Small Municipal Waste Combustion 

Units Constructed on or Before August 

30, 1999 (Renewal) 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 

3501 et seq.), this document announces 

that an Information Collection Request 

(ICR) has been forwarded to the Office 

of Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review and approval. This is a request 

to renew an existing approved 

collection. The ICR which is abstracted 

below describes the nature of the 

collection and the estimated burden and 

cost. 

DATES: Additional comments may be 

submitted on or before December 27, 

2012. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

referencing docket ID number EPA–HQ– 

OECA–2012–0517, to: (1) EPA online, 

using www.regulations.gov (our 

preferred method), or by email to: 

docket.oeca@epa.gov, or by mail to: EPA 

Docket Center (EPA/DC), Environmental 

Protection Agency, Enforcement and 

Compliance Docket and Information 

Center, mail code 28221T, 1200 

Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, 

DC 20460; and (2) OMB at: Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB), Attention: Desk Officer for EPA, 

725 17th Street NW., Washington, DC 

20503. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Learia Williams, Compliance 

Assessment and Media Programs 

Division, Office of Compliance, Mail 

Code 2227A, Environmental Protection 

Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue 

NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone 

number: (202) 564–4113; fax number: 

(202) 564–0050; email address: 

williams.learia@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA has 

submitted the following ICR to OMB for 

review and approval according to the 

procedures prescribed in 5 CFR 1320.12. 

On August 9, 2012 (77 FR 47631), EPA 

sought comments on this ICR pursuant 

to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received no 

comments. Any additional comments on 

this ICR should be submitted to both 

EPA and OMB within 30 days of this 

notice. 

EPA has established a public docket 

for this ICR under docket ID number 

EPA–HQ–OECA–2012–0517, which is 

available for public viewing online at 

http://www.regulations.gov, or in person 

viewing at the Enforcement and 

Compliance Docket in the EPA Docket 

Center (EPA/DC), EPA West, Room 

3334, 1301 Constitution Avenue NW., 

Washington, DC. The EPA Docket 

Center Public Reading Room is open 

from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday 

through Friday, excluding legal 

holidays. The telephone number for the 

Reading Room is (202) 566–1744, and 

the telephone number for the 


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Enforcement and Compliance Docket is 

(202) 566–1752. 

Use EPA’s electronic docket and 

comment system at http:// 

www.regulations.gov to either submit or 

view public comments, access the index 

listing of the contents of the docket, and 

to access those documents in the docket 

that are available electronically. Once in 

the system, select ‘‘docket search,’’ then 

key in the docket ID number identified 

above. Please note that EPA’s policy is 

that public comments, whether 

submitted electronically or in paper, 

will be made available for public 

viewing at http://www.regulations.gov 

as EPA receives them and without 

change, unless the comment contains 

copyrighted material, Confidentiality of 

Business Information (CBI), or other 

information whose public disclosure is 

restricted by statute. For further 

information about the electronic docket, 

go to www.regulations.gov. 

Title: NSPS for Emission Guidelines 

and Compliance Times for Small 

Municipal Waste Combustion Units 

Constructed on or Before August 30, 

1999 (Renewal). 

ICR Numbers: EPA ICR Number 

1901.05, OMB Control Number 2060– 

0424. 

ICR Status: This ICR is scheduled to 

expire on December 31, 2012. Under 

OMB regulations, the Agency may 

continue to either conduct or sponsor 

the collection of information while this 

submission is pending at OMB. 

Abstract 

These emission guidelines apply to 

small municipal waste combustors 

(MWCs) constructed on or before 

August 30, 1999, that combust greater 

than 35 tons per day (tpd) but less than 

250 tpd of municipal solid waste. The 

emission guidelines regulate organics 

(dioxin/furans), metals (cadmium, lead, 

mercury, and particulate matter), and 

acid gases (hydrogen chloride, sulfur 

dioxide, and nitrogen oxides). The 

emission guidelines require initial 

reports, semiannual reports, and annual 

reports. Owners or operators also are 

required to maintain records of the 

occurrence and duration of any startup, 

shutdown, or malfunction in the 

operation of an affected facility or any 

period during which the monitoring 

system is inoperative. Owners or 

operators subject to these regulations are 

required to maintain records of 

measurements and reports for at least 

five years. Reports are also required 

semiannually. 

Burden Statement 

The annual public reporting and 

recordkeeping burden for this collection 

of information is estimated to average 

1,709 hours per response. Burden means 

the total time, effort, or financial 

resources expended by persons to 

generate, maintain, retain, or disclose or 

provide information to or for a Federal 

agency. This includes the time needed 

to review instructions; develop, acquire, 

install, and utilize technology and 

systems for the purposes of collecting, 

validating, and verifying information, 

processing and maintaining 

information, and disclosing and 

providing information; adjust the 

existing ways to comply with any 

previously—applicable instructions and 

requirements which have subsequently 

changed; train personnel to be able to 

respond to a collection of information; 

search data sources; complete and 

review the collection of information; 

and transmit or otherwise disclose the 

information. 

Respondents/Affected Entities: 

Owners or operators of small municipal 

waste combustors. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

23. 

Frequency of Response: Initially, 

occasionally, semiannually, and 

annually. 

Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 

100,854. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost: 

$10,802,579, which includes $9,765,779 

in labor costs, no capital/startup costs, 

and $1,036,800 in operation and 

maintenance (O&M) costs. 

Changes in the Estimates: There is no 

change in the industry labor hours in 

this ICR compared to the previous ICR. 

This is due to two considerations: (1) 

The regulations have not changed over 

the past three years and are not 

anticipated to change over the next 

three years; and (2) the Emission 

Guidelines only affect existing sources, 

so there is no significant change in the 

overall burden. However, there is an 

adjustment increase in the total industry 

and Agency labor costs as currently 

identified in the OMB Inventory of 

Approved Burdens. This increase is not 

due to any program changes. The 

change in cost estimates reflects 

updated labors rates available from the 

Bureau of Labor Statistics. 

John Moses, 

Director, Collection Strategies Division. 

[FR Doc. 2012–28652 Filed 11–26–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OECA–2012–0528; FRL–9524–6] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to OMB for 

Review and Approval; Comment 

Request; NSPS for Synthetic Fiber 

Production Facilities (Renewal) 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 

3501 et seq.), this document announces 

that an Information Collection Request 

(ICR) has been forwarded to the Office 

of Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review and approval. This is a request 

to renew an existing approved 

collection. The ICR which is abstracted 

below describes the nature of the 

collection and the estimated burden and 

cost. 

DATES: Additional comments may be 

submitted on or before December 27, 

2012. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

referencing docket ID number EPA–HQ– 

OECA–2012–0528, to: (1) EPA online, 

using www.regulations.gov (our 

preferred method), or by email to: 

docket.oeca@epa.gov, or by mail to: EPA 

Docket Center (EPA/DC), Environmental 

Protection Agency, Enforcement and 

Compliance Docket and Information 

Center, mail code 28221T, 1200 

Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, 

DC 20460; and (2) OMB at: Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB), Attention: Desk Officer for EPA, 

725 17th Street NW., Washington, DC 

20503. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Learia Williams, Monitoring, 

Assistance, and Media Programs 

Division, Office of Compliance, Mail 

Code 2227A, Environmental Protection 

Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue 

NW, Washington, DC 20460; telephone 

number: (202) 564–4113; fax number: 

(202) 564–0050; email address: 

williams.learia@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA has 

submitted the following ICR to OMB for 

review and approval according to the 

procedures prescribed in 5 CFR 1320.12. 

On August 9, 2012 (77 FR 47631), EPA 

sought comments on this ICR pursuant 

to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received no 

comments. Any additional comments on 

this ICR should be submitted to both 

EPA and OMB within 30 days of this 

notice. 


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